SERVICES

We offer a full range of compensation consulting services to assist Compensation Commmittees and senior management.

Total Rewards Strategy

• Compensation guiding principles/philosophy
• Alignment of principles with business objectives
• Program design

Competitive Pay and Performance Benchmarking

• Total reward assessment for executives and broader employee base
• Pay and performance alignment analysis
• CEO performance evaluation process

Current Compensation Program Review/Audit

• Base salary
• Short-term incentives
• Long-term incentives
• Executive benefits/perquisites

Equity/Long-Term Incentive Strategy

• Plan design
• Burn rate, overhang analyses and other dilution analyses
• Equity allocation strategy
• Option exchange program development
• Accounting impact
• Scenario modeling
• Shareholder approval strategy
• Employee communication

Board of Directors Compensation

• Competitive benchmarking
• Cash and equity compensation design
• Role-based compensation (e.g., audit vs. compensation committee member pay)

Compensation Committee Advisors

• Updates, alerts and trends
• Research
• Special projects
• Education and evaluation
• Presence at compensation committee meetings
• Executive pay review process
• Compensation committee best practices

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

• Update on current developments
• Company proposal design and implementation
• Shareholder proposal analysis
• Shareholder vote strategy and execution

Contractual Arrangements

• Change-of-control agreements
• Employee agreements
• Retention/transactions/incentives

Continuing Education

• Corporate governance requirements and “best practices”
• Executive compensation trends and “best practices”
• Pending legislative and regulatory developments
• Compensation design and development
• Board of Director/Compensation Committee responsibilities

Stock Ownership and Retention

• Officers and directors
• Ownership and retention policy design
• Implementation strategies

Legal, Regulatory and Accounting Compliance

• Accounting
• Securities
• Tax
• Congress
• Litigation support
• Shareholder activism